Editor’s Picks: For the Love of Pearls!
Classic, Forever Gorgeous Pearls! This gem never goes out of style. Pearls! There is a pearl for every style, dress and occasion. They come in a variety of sizes, colors and arrangements perfect for jeans, or an evening gown. The addition of pearls with a pair of jeans is…
DISCOVER: Fashion Icon and the History of House of Balmain
Fashion Icon Pierre Balmain was born in St Jean de Maurienne, Savoie, in 1914. Balmain had studied under the greatest couturiers of the time: Molyneux and Lucien Lelong. After the conclusion of World War II, in 1945 Balmain opened his own couture house where his designs quickly attracted the…
Chic and Practical: French Shopping Baskets
Not all ‘French’ shopping bags actually come from France. Called the ‘Couffin’ or French Market Bag, these popular baskets, the quintessential sac de marché for shopping in France, are actually hand made in Morocco using woven palm tree leaves and are most commonly trimmed in leather. Market bags arrived…
